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2015 Dodge Dart Engine Problems

55 owner-reported engine complaints from NHTSA data

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Data sourced from NHTSA public database. For informational purposes only. Always consult a qualified mechanic.

Owner Complaints (55)

criticalENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
Filed: Aug 2025

The contact owns a 2015 Dodge Dart. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle vibrated and failed to accelerate as intended while depressing the accelerator pedal. In addition, there was an abnormal sound coming from the engine.

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NHTSA #: 11681316
criticalENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
Filed: Feb 2025

Car started to misfire and sometimes accelerate by itself ended up spending over to 3000 on mechanic and dealership to ended up have to rebuild the ECM because dealership after pay them close to 2000 said the ECM was discontinued so it was nothing they can do about it so my local mechanic ended up sending the ECM to be rebuilt and it worked but after spending over 3000 so this car need to be recalled and reimburse all this money spent

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NHTSA #: 11641239
criticalENGINE
Filed: Jul 2022

The engine consumes a lot of oil and there is no warning light to inform you of this occurring. This can cause a fatality if the engine seizes, due to this consumption, on a highway.

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NHTSA #: 11473100
criticalENGINE
Filed: Jun 2020

Several different incidents, in motion, on highway, engine stalled, nearly rear ended by tractor trailer. On city street, stopped at red light, light turns green, entered intersection, engine stalled, vehicle behind me had to swerve to avoid hitting me, 3 passengers, 2 children. Several times same issue, engine always stalls without warning.

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NHTSA #: 11327941
criticalENGINE
FireFiled: Apr 2020

Tl* the contact owned a 2015 dodge dart. The contact stated that when the vehicle was parked and unoccupied, fire emitted from under the hood. The fire department was called and extinguished the fire.

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NHTSA #: 11322208
criticalENGINE
Filed: Sep 2017

My 17 year old son was driving his 2015 dodge dart on the road and it completely stalled almost causing an accident. It then started up again and drove. Car would not start at school until many tries.

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NHTSA #: 11025143
highENGINE
Filed: Jan 2023

The contact owns a 2015 Dodge Dart. The contact stated while driving at various speeds, the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was able to be restarted.

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NHTSA #: 11502482
highENGINE
Filed: Sep 2022

The contact owns a 2015 Dodge Dart. The contact stated that the vehicle was initially taken to the dealer for an unknown recall repair related to oil consumption however, the contact stated that while driving, she constantly noticed a burning fuel odor throughout the vehicle.

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NHTSA #: 11486121
highENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Filed: Dec 2021

When the oil life in this vehicle gets low the vehicle randomly stalls. This week my vehicle stalled in the middle of an intersection putting me at risk of bodily harm. I had to have my car towed to the dealership because it would not start.

NHTSA #: 11444796
highENGINE
Filed: Dec 2020

The vehicle intermittently would not engage gears, was experiencing difficulty shifting. Vehicle was towed to mechanic, fred drake auto whom installed new clutch and master cylinder. A week later, vehicle showed identical symptoms and became stranded on the highway.

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NHTSA #: 11384034
highENGINE
Filed: Aug 2019

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 dodge dart. While driving 55 MPH, the vehicle seized and lost power without warning. The vehicle veered to the shoulder of the road.

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NHTSA #: 11242097
highENGINE
Filed: Jun 2019

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 dodge dart. While driving various speeds, the vehicle hesitated and stalled. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the battery was faulty.

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NHTSA #: 11220831
highENGINE
Filed: Feb 2019

The car stalls and shuts down while driving. Driving it traffic on the highway and having the car die is very unsafe trying to get off the road.

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NHTSA #: 11176056
highENGINE
Filed: Dec 2018

Engine stalls, has happened 4 times while driving in past 2 months, vehicle mileage 69,000. Dealership, pocomo in hampton, va. Had vehicle for 5 days and could not duplicate.

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NHTSA #: 11163628
highENGINE
Filed: Nov 2018

Vehicle started stalling last winter after remote start thought it was remote start acting up but now it started stalling randomly at idle and turning now it has stalled driving down the road and sometimes will not restart right away, it is scheduled to have an oil change in 4 days so I started searching why it would be stalling and read about excessive oil consumption.

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NHTSA #: 11152235
highENGINE
Filed: Jul 2018

I purchased my 2015 dart new from the dealership. Since 7/2017, the car has stalled out in the middle of driving and left me stranded on 3 separate instances. The battery light comes up on the dash after the car stalls out but there is no warning before that.

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NHTSA #: 11113117
highENGINE
Filed: Jul 2018

I purchased a 2015 dodge dart 3/19/18 from a dealership. I just had the oil change done which was recommended. The car just recently started to stall while driving.

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NHTSA #: 11110850
highENGINE
Filed: Jun 2018

Engine is burning oil at an alarming rate. I have to fill up the engine with oil to keep it from stalling, every 2 weeks. When the engine uses up that oil, it stalls multiple of times until I can drive it to an autoshop.

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NHTSA #: 11102946
highENGINE
Filed: May 2018

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 dodge dart. While driving at an unknown speed, the engine stalled. The vehicle was able to be restarted.

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NHTSA #: 11093862
highENGINE
Filed: Apr 2018

Engine shutdown while driving. Appears to be sensor detecting low oil and rather than triggering the mil or a low oil indicator, it shuts the engine down. Happened to my wife while she was driving on a highway.

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NHTSA #: 11083577
highENGINE
Filed: Feb 2018

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 dodge dart. The contact stated that there was no warning indicator to specify when the oil was low. As a result, the vehicle stalled more than once and the failure was progressing intermittently.

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NHTSA #: 11066457
highENGINE
Filed: Jan 2018

Driving car at 25 MPH and it stalled without warning and without any clear indication what the problem was. After 10 minutes the car started and was driven home. A simple google search revealed low oil could be the problem.

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NHTSA #: 11065865
highENGINE
Filed: Jan 2018

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 dodge dart. While operating the vehicle, the check engine indicator suddenly illuminated and the instrument panel electronics and gauges suddenly turned off. The vehicle was towed to friendly dodge (1395 newlands dr, friendly, nv) where it was diagnosed that the thermostat was faulty and needed to be replaced.

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NHTSA #: 11062482
highENGINE
Filed: Jan 2018

Vehicle has scaring on the cylinder walls that is soaking up oil and causing a excessive oil loss, causing the vehicle to shut down when taking a corner and not able to restart the vehicle for a period of time. I have been stranded in the middle of the road a few times not able to start the vehicle resulting in me having to jump start it to be able to get the vehicle to move.

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NHTSA #: 11061608
highENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Filed: Dec 2017

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 dodge dart. While driving 25 MPH, the vehicle stalled and lost power. The check engine warning indicator illuminated.

NHTSA #: 11054962
highENGINE
Filed: Oct 2017

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 dodge dart. While the contact's son was driving at an unknown speed, the engine stalled without warning. The vehicle was taken to safford chrysler jeep dodge ram fiat of winchester (1659 berryville pike, winchester, va 22603 (540) 667-5532), but no diagnostic failure codes were found and the failure could not be replicated.

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NHTSA #: 11033879
highENGINE
Filed: Jun 2017

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 dodge dart. While driving various speeds, a beeping noise was heard coming from the instrument panel. The battery warning indicator illuminated and the vehicle stalled while in traffic.

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NHTSA #: 10995335
highENGINE
Filed: Jun 2017

I bought this car used with ~ 31,000 miles. I've put ~ 10,000 miles on the car and the car has used 3 quarts of oil in that time. I also have had the oil changed twice.

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NHTSA #: 10992732
highENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Filed: Apr 2017

No oil light on, no engine light, and it stalled. There is a problem with oil consumption with the 2.4 engine. My car died after backing out of my driveway and starting a turn.

NHTSA #: 10980174
highENGINE
Filed: Jan 2017

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 dodge dart. The contact stated that the engine stalled when the vehicle made a complete stop. The dealer diagnosed that the vehicle needed the oil consumption module reset.

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NHTSA #: 10939710
highENGINE
Filed: Nov 2016

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 dodge dart. While driving 15 MPH, the vehicle lost power and shut off. Also, the check engine indicator illuminated.

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NHTSA #: 10928530
highENGINE
Filed: Nov 2016

I bought my car april 2nd 2015 use from montrose kia of sheffield and love it for the first 2 month then I started experiencing my car just randomly stalling on my while I'm driving and then won't want to start again it..

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NHTSA #: 10926060
highENGINE
Filed: Apr 2016

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 dodge dart. While driving 70 MPH, the vehicle stalled and the check engine light illuminated. The contact coasted the vehicle over to the side of the road.

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NHTSA #: 10862029
highENGINE
Filed: Oct 2015

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 dodge dart. While driving at various speeds, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was able to restart; however, the failure recurred.

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NHTSA #: 10786476
mediumENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE
Filed: Jan 2025

The contact owns a 2015 Dodge Dart. The contact stated while the vehicle was being serviced at Jiffy Lube, the mechanic became aware that coolant was leaking from the engine onto the radiator. The vehicle was then taken to AAMCO where it was diagnosed that the valve cover gasket was leaking oil into the engine and onto the transmission.

NHTSA #: 11633845
mediumENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,POWER TRAIN
Filed: Oct 2024

The contact owns a 2015 Dart Dart. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds the vehicle would not properly accelerate and a rattling noise was present coming from under the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the catalytic converter was faulty and needed to be replaced.

NHTSA #: 11620178
mediumENGINE
Filed: Jan 2023

Car runs great when I bought it used then had check engine light come on for a P0420 trouble code and it has something to do with the converter on the car well now I see that there is a recall for this about the converter #u90 is there any way my car is having this problem due to the reclaa but when I put my VIN in it says it doesn't have a recall but when u read online it says recalls are for 2014-2016 dodge darts but my VIN is showing no recalls??

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NHTSA #: 11500740
mediumENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Filed: Jan 2023

Sometimes I can smell like a gas or oil smell in the cabin of the car only happens when I take sharp turn or a bump in the road and sometimes by itself can't be good having this smell in the cabin and people breathing it.

NHTSA #: 11500741
mediumENGINE
Filed: Nov 2019

My 2015 dodge dart has started to overheat while sitting in light to heavy traffic going through several stop lights after driving 30 minutes non stop. I did have the recall done on it for the thermostat when it came out. I have my car serviced and everything changed like your suppose to so why is my car overheated but when I take off it cools down?

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NHTSA #: 11280842
mediumENGINE
Filed: Nov 2019

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 dodge dart. While operating the vehicle, the check engine indicator suddenly illuminated, which meant that the engine overheated. The contact discovered that there was no coolant in the coolant reservoir.

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NHTSA #: 11280252
mediumENGINE
Filed: Oct 2019

The car will randomly die while driving. While performing a turn and the car dies it locks the steering and no use of brakes. Now the vehicle will not start at all.

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NHTSA #: 11265661
mediumENGINE
Filed: Jul 2019

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 dodge dart. While the contact's spouse was driving approximately 35 MPH, the vehicle made a loud abnormal noise. The driver had to drive fast for the sound to subside.

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NHTSA #: 11233095
mediumENGINE
Filed: Jan 2019

Engine suddenly shut down while in motion. Loss of power steering and power brakes. No warning lights, no check engine light.

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NHTSA #: 11171101
mediumENGINE
Filed: Jan 2019

When my oil is low, there is no warning on dash, my car just shuts off. We have taken it to a few dealerships in south jersey and they said this is a common issue with the dodge darts. If my husband was not a mechanic and changed oil early, I would have this issue every time!

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NHTSA #: 11170385
mediumENGINE
Filed: Nov 2018

My 2015 dodge dart engine randomly shuts off when I drive it , I've brung it to multiple repair shops and they have all said that my car is fine no codes shows up on diagnostic. This is a major safety issue if no auto shop knows what's to do and is keep saying my engine is fine when obviously it isn't if it keeps on randomly shutting down in the middle of the street.

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NHTSA #: 11152099
mediumENGINE
Filed: Aug 2018

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 dodge dart. While driving various speeds, the engine made a knocking sound and the vehicle operated roughly, jerked, hesitated, and did not immediately respond when the accelerator pedal was depressed.

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NHTSA #: 11120973
mediumENGINE
Filed: Jun 2018

Vehicle is burning oil way to fast. I get my oil changes frequently and have to keep a big bottle in the car as extra. The vehicle can be driving and just completely shut off in motion.

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NHTSA #: 11100205
mediumENGINE
Filed: Feb 2018

When driving the dart, the vehicle will shut off while in drive. The dealer is saying that it is a safety switch for low oil. However there is no oil light turning on on the dash board and there is oil life remaining on the digital display.

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NHTSA #: 11072734
mediumENGINE
Filed: Sep 2017

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 dodge dart. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to start when attempting to drive and the check engine warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or an independent mechanic to determine the cause of the failure.

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NHTSA #: 11030238
mediumENGINE
Filed: Feb 2017

Burning oil ever since we bought it, constantly having to add oil between oil changes. Dealership says its within specs. Contacted chrylser care about issues as well.

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NHTSA #: 10957685
mediumENGINE
Filed: Jan 2017

Dodge dart gt 2015 suddenly shuts off. No warning lights only a dinging noise. Only 4200 miles on car the first time.

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NHTSA #: 10939899
mediumENGINE
Filed: Feb 2016

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 dodge dart. While driving approximately 60 MPH, the rpms revved independently without warning. The failure recurred several times.

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NHTSA #: 10837994
lowENGINE
Filed: Aug 2021

Car's engine stops while driving. Has to be restarted. Engine use extra oil between oil changes.

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NHTSA #: 11430856
lowENGINE
Filed: Feb 2021

My 2015 dodge dart with 2.4l engine consumes large amounts of oil. I have to check the oil an add frequently to maintain a safe level. (up to 1 quart every 2,000 miles) I have owned this car from july 2018 to the present day and have had to check the oil level weekly to keep it from dropping below the safe mark.

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NHTSA #: 11396044
lowENGINE
Filed: Jul 2015

My knee hit the ignition key while driving to dallas and the engine shut down. I was able to pull the car over, figure out what happened and resumed my trip.

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NHTSA #: 10732407

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